Woman allegedly abducted by mom in '95 is found

Jessica Click-Hill, in a photo taken around the time she was kidnapped from Walnut Creek at age 8 in 1995.

Jessica Click-Hill, in a photo taken around the time she was kidnapped from Walnut Creek at age 8 in 1995.

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Jessica Click-Hill, in a photo taken around the time she was kidnapped from Walnut Creek at age 8 in 1995.

Jessica Click-Hill, in a photo taken around the time she was kidnapped from Walnut Creek at age 8 in 1995.

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A 22-year-year-old woman allegedly abducted by her mother more than 14 years ago in Walnut Creek has been found, and her mother has been arrested in Southern California, authorities said Friday.

Jessica Click-Hill was 8 years old when she was kidnapped by her mother, Wendy Hill, now 52, in September 1995, Walnut Creek police said. The girl's father, Dean Click, reported her missing.

In 1996, Contra Costa County prosecutors filed charges against Hill of depriving a legal custodian of a child, and a warrant was issued for her arrest.

In 1997, the FBI became involved, and federal prosecutors filed a warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Late last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children contacted the FBI and police with a tip that led investigators to Monrovia (Los Angeles County), where Hill was found, authorities said. Her daughter was located elsewhere, but no details were released.

Hill was booked Thursday at Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez and posted $50,000 bail later that day, said Jimmy Lee, sheriff's spokesman.